If you are an adult fan of Legos (AFOL), you might be interested in the latest offering from No Starch Press entitled Lego Heavy Weapons by Jack Streat.
Jack Streat is an accomplished Lego weapons builder whose YouTube videos have over 16 million views. The amazing part? He is 17 years old! In LEGO® Heavy Weapons , Streat offers a collection of building instructions for four truly impressive, 1:1-scale LEGO replicas of the world’s most iconic firearms. LEGO builders will learn to create a massive Desert Eagle handgun with blowback action, plus three accurate brick-shooting marvels: an AKS-74U assault rifle with folding stock, a bolt-action Lee Enfield sniper rifle (aka. Jungle Carbine), and a pump-action SPAS 12 combat shotgun.
According to No Starch Press founder Bill Pollock, "Readers will instantly recognize these models from their favorite Tarantino films and videogames like Counter-Strike and Call of Duty." Pollock continues, "At last, LEGO fans can turn that pile of dusty bricks into insane weapons that they can brandish while running wild through their homes. The world may never be the same."
I have to say, I am impressed with anyone who can make just about anything from Legos, and the weapons that Streat features in this book are no exception. I have to admit I have been bitten by the Lego bug here recently. I suppose my son’s enthusiasm for them and the fact that he can make just about anything out of them is just contagious. Although I could never pull off making anything in this book, I definitely have a newfound respect for the people who can and if you know a true Lego enthusiast, this is definitely one book they will want for their library.
Of course, this book is definitely not geared towards children under the age of 12, as these replicas look amazingly real and can actually fire real Lego bricks. But, should your kid find the book on your desk and have a fit to look through it, you might be triumphantly presented with one of these:
Not that something like that ever happened in my home. Ahem.
LEGO Heavy Weapons-$24.95
Build Working Replicas of Four of the World’s Most Impressive Guns
By Jack Streat
Publisher: No Starch Press
Released: May 2012
Pages: 368
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